Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (80%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '19 at 16:51
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	80%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 256 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 721 72% 589 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B1) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (74 fps cap detected)	60.1% Good	Lighting 74.2 Reflection 73.3 Parallax 64.3 60% 70.6 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 73.7 59% 72.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 101 69 45 40 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 270 Write 370 Mixed 275 SusWrite 63.1 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 20.9 91% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 127 111% 163 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 91%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 118 121 121 115 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 124 Write 122 Mixed 104 SusWrite 119 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 65%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 3GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 8 9.1 9.4 8.5 7.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	8.51% Terrible	Read 28.3 Write 7.2 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 8.5 12% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 2.2 108% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.51% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1333KLN-4G TS512MLK64V3H TS512MLK64V3H TS512MLK64V3H 16GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.3 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 18.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 Killer Builds (Compare 1,140 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Killer - $158

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	455x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	264x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	147x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	72x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	46x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	37x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	37x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	33x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	28x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $805

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16